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A Georgian brick building built in the 1750s. Occupied by both Confederate and Union soldiers; both groups left graffiti on the interior and exterior.

A grand Georgian-style house overlooking the Rappahannock River. Occupied by Union troops in 1862; used variously as headquarters, hospital, by soldiers on picket duty. "By the time the Civil War ended in 1865, Chatham was desolate. Blood stains…

A church in the Greek Revival style built in 1859. "The location of the church was just right for both the Northern and the Southern forces as they passed through the area. Both armies used the building as their headquarters. It was used as a stable,…

"The Frederick County Court House in Winchester, built in 1840, served as a prison, hospital, and barracks for both sides during the Civil War. Soldiers wrote their names and drew pictures on the walls, some of which can still be seen. "

"Ben Lomond and its outbuildings were constructed for Benjamin Tasker Chinn in 1832. Confederate forces used Ben Lomond as a hospital following the 1861 Battle of First Manassas. Signatures of Federal soldiers who occupied the property in 1862 are…

"Historic Blenheim is a c. 1859 central-hall plan Greek Revival-style brick farmhouse built by Albert Willcoxon just prior to the Civil War (1861-65). It is nationally significant for the voluminous quantity and quality of examples of Civil War…